Paraphyly of the Pipistrelles (Pipistrellus; Vespertilionidae) is Confirmed by the Analysis of the Nuclear Gene Markers

There are evidences that the genus Pipistrellus (true pipistrelles) in its current understanding may be paraphyletic. We have studied for the first time the phylogenetic relationships between the majority of supraspecific taxa of the subtribe Pipistrellina based on the analysis of the sequences of t...

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Published in:Doklady. Biochemistry and biophysics 2022-12, Vol.507 (1), p.302-306
Main Authors: Zhukova, S. S., Solovyeva, E. N., Artyushin, I. V., Kruskop, S. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biochemistry
Biological and Medical Physics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biophysics
Cell Nucleus - genetics
Chiroptera - genetics
Genetic Markers
Glischropus
Life Sciences
Molecular Biology
Nyctalus
Phylogeny
Pipistrellus
RAG2 protein
Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Summary:There are evidences that the genus Pipistrellus (true pipistrelles) in its current understanding may be paraphyletic. We have studied for the first time the phylogenetic relationships between the majority of supraspecific taxa of the subtribe Pipistrellina based on the analysis of the sequences of three nuclear genes (RAG2, APOB, and DMP1). Our data support the monophyly of the subtribe itself, but definitely show that the genus Pipistrellus in the modern sense is paraphyletic with respect to noctules, Nyctalus , and thick thumb pipistrelles, Glischropus (which both are morphologically distinct taxa). Moreover, noctules are extremely close to the “western” clade of Pipistrellus . The latter genus should probably be divided into two or more separate genera, or Nyctalus and Glischropus should be treated as its subgenera.
ISSN:1607-6729
1608-3091
DOI:10.1134/S1607672922060138